Headstone of Mattie L. Fletcher
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Headstone of Mattie L. Fletcher
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Mattie L. Fletcher, a retired Davidson College employee, passed away on July 11, 2023. Her surviving family held the wake and funeral services at Union Bethel A.M.E. Zion Church, her final church home, in Cornelius, NC on July 17, 2023. W. H. Bryant, A. E. Grier and Sons Funeral Home assisted with the services. She is interred at Bethel A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery (also known as the Sunset Cemetery) in Cornelius, NC.
The headstone reflects her religious beliefs and affable personality. At the top, there is a cross behind praying hands motif. Inside an open book, inscription reads Mattie Jackson Fletcher, with Dec. 21, 1937 on the right, an image of a younger smiling Mattie L. Fletcher in the center, and July 11, 2023 on the left. Beneath the central motif, the inscription reads: “‘May the work I’ve done speak for me.’ -My Mat”
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Surviving family and friends of Mattie L. Fletcher
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W. H. Bryant, A. E. Grier and Sons Funeral Home
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July 17, 2023
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Surviving family and friends of Mattie L. Fletcher
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